Nottingham Forest - Manchester United

[Sniffer Dog (Admin)]

To be played on Saturday 30th December 2023.

At the world famous City Ground in Nottingham.

Kick off is at 17:30.

COYR!

[Marinakis Red]

Cannot wait for it. Will be interesting to see the team, will Boly come straight back in? Who comes in for the suspended Sangare? The front 4 pick themselves after the last performance. Montiel and Aina both stay in for me.

Following up the win at Newcastle with a win at home under the lights will really kick start our season against United. The city ground will be bouncing.

[WrexhamRed]

I reckon Mangala in for Sangare & maybe Boly ahead of Niakhate??
Seriously looking forward to this. although 50 years of watching Forest has taught me not to get too excited after a good win

[Salvatore Matrecano]

Will be a different game to Newcastle. For a start they will put Dalot on Elanga who will match him for pace. Need to win the midfield battle we have lost every time so far against them and not give Fernandes and Rashford space. MGW playing through the middle and at the top of his game can cause them problems though.

[DeesideRed]

Not sure Aina done enough to replace Toffolo, particularly when cost us plenty goals last dew games.

[Salvatore Matrecano]

Nuno likes his pacey wing backs though. As well as Toff has done I don’t think he fits that mould.

[JWJW]

Nuno on 'huge' win, giving players 'chance to improve' and Man Utd

Nottingham Forest manager Nuno Espirito Santo has been speaking to the media before their Premier League match against Manchester United on Saturday.

Here are the main lines from his news conference:

Nuno said Forest's Boxing Day win at Newcastle was "huge" for his team. "Everything is easier when you achieve a good performance like we did, so we can keep on growing and improving. It was a big moment," he said.

Asked whether that victory was a demonstration of the type of football he wants to play at Forest, Nuno said: "It's very soon, it's been two games and not too many training sessions. It's a growing process that you have to have from all of the squad. We know the quality we have inside the players, it's just trying to take the best out of each one of them so they can deliver for the team."

On Morgan Gibbs-White's displays against Bournemouth and Newcastle, Nuno said: "He has quality, he has talent, he has a special ability in games that can help the team. He was captain of the team, a big responsibility for such a young boy. He did well."

Reflecting on the main messages to the Forest squad during his first week in charge, Nuno added: "That we have to improve and that we have to keep on going. It's still early days, but as the training sessions and games go by we are being able to know individuals more and what they can give us to try to achieve what we want - a team that can compete well in every game."

Asked if he would prefer to operate with a smaller squad, he answered: "That's obvious but for now we have to focus on the players that are here. We are trying to give every player a chance to improve, that's our responsibility."

On Saturday's opponents Manchester United: "It's a big club with fantastic players. We know it's going to be hard, we saw what they did against Villa, how they came back from behind and being able to change the game, so we expect a very difficult game."

[The reds]

Can’t wait for this one, I think the atmosphere will be the best all season, plus we owe Man United one after the last 4 games getting no where near them.

[Fumanchew]

Apparently Felipe is dealing with injury, wether it’s the one we’ve been managing since the summer or not? I don’t think we can really trust him for the rest of the season but I doubt we can move him on either

[Paplane]

Apparently Felipe is dealing with injury, wether it’s the one we’ve been managing since the summer or not? I don’t think we can really trust him for the rest of the season but I doubt we can move him on either

I feel for him. If he's out of contract in the summer then he's going to struggle to get set up elswhere if he cant get on the pitch.

[Spangles]

Can’t wait for this one, I think the atmosphere will be the best all season, plus we owe Man United one after the last 4 games getting no where near them.

Nowhere near them ? If it wasn't for shite officiating (yet again) at Old Trafford we more than likely would have got a point at least.

[Tricky]

Can’t wait for this one, I think the atmosphere will be the best all season, plus we owe Man United one after the last 4 games getting no where near them.

With all due respects Reds, the last time out against them, we were 0-2 up within the first 5 minutes and whilst we did have to defend for our lives after that, we were only let down by a dodgy VAR decision penalty and an equally dodgy sending off. We should and could have won that game if it hadnt been down to the likes of corrupt Rob Jones and an equally inept and incompetent referee